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Spinrad/Psychology Memory is a reconstructive process

Spinrad/Psychology Memory is a reconstructive process. Memory is manufactured. Source amnesia. Other information is integrated into memories and cannot be distinguished from the original memory. Flashbulb memories.

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Spinrad/Psychology Memory is a reconstructive process

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  1. Spinrad/PsychologyMemory is a reconstructive process Memory is manufactured

  2. Source amnesia Other information is integrated into memories and cannot be distinguished from the original memory

  3. Flashbulb memories Memories of emotional events that seem photographic—are not always complete or accurate, especially with the passage of time.

  4. The conditions of confabulation • Person has thought about the imagined event many times • The image of the event contains lots of details • The event is easy to imagine • The rememberer focuses on his/her reaction to the event rather than on what actually happened

  5. Would the following “memories” be easily confabulated?

  6. Which of the following phone numbers would be more easily memorized? Why?

  7. List A • 645-2685 • 363-6422 • 825-9746 • 732-6455 • 876-5447 • 294-3977

  8. List B • OIL BOTL • EME NIBB • HAL YRIN • SEA MILK • TRO KHIS • BYG FYSS

  9. List C • SE2-6455 • TR6-5447 • BY4-3977 • MI5-2685 • HA5-9746 • EM3-6422

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